Method for manufacturing filter membrane for inhibiting microorganisms

ABSTRACT

A method for manufacturing a filter membrane for inhibiting microorganisms includes the following steps: obtaining a nano-zinc precursor and dissolving it into water, adding at least one reducing agent and interfacial agent to the water, thereby reducing zinc ions of the nano-zinc precursor to zinc particles so as to form liquid having nano-zinc particles; respectively placing the liquid having nano-zinc particles and a polymer material into plastic masterbatch process equipment, respectively volatilizing the fluid having nano-zinc particles and polymer material through the plastic masterbatch process equipment, performing air extraction and mixing by the plastic masterbatch process equipment, and adding at least one grafting agent to perform a mixed graft link, allowing the nano-zinc particles and polymer material to be linked together stably so as to form a plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles; and making the plastic masterbatch into a filer membrane through film making equipment.

(a) TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a filtermembrane for inhibiting microorganisms, and more particularly to amethod for manufacturing a filter membrane for inhibitingmicroorganisms, including the following steps: reducing first to obtainnano-zinc particles: adding at least one reducing agent and at least oneinterfacial agent into water in which a nano-zinc precursor isdissolved, allowing zinc ions of the nano-zinc precursor to be reducedto zinc particles so as to obtain liquid having nano-zinc particles;forming further a plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles bymeans of air extraction and mixing: respectively processing the fluidhaving nano-zinc particles and polymer material to be in a volatilestate through plastic masterbatch process equipment, performing themixing in the process of air extraction, and adding at least onegrafting agent to perform a mixed graft link, allowing the nano-zincparticles and polymer material to be linked together stably so as toform a plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles; and making theplastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles into a filer membranehaving nano-zinc particles through film making equipment, allowing afilter membrane with nano-zinc particles to be used to filter liquid orgas, and be anti-bacterial and capable of inhibiting the growth ofbacteria.

(b) DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Zinc is strong antibiotic nutrition; it is a trace of nutrients. Zinc isan antioxidant ingredient of the human body, including four zinc atomscapable of protecting cell membrane and tissue from being damaged byhydroxyl free radicals such that it has a detoxification function andantibacterial effect. In addition, Zinc can change the metabolism ofbacterial sources, making the revival chance of bacteria much less suchthat it can prevent the formation of many bacteria.

Therefore, Zinc has been proved that it can promote bacterial cellapoptosis such that some companies has developed combining zinc witharticles so as to make the articles in combination with zincantibacterial and bacteriostatic.

Taking zinc in combination with plastics as an example, conventionalmethods for combining zinc with plastics mainly are: adding first aplastic masterbatch into an organic solvent, allowing the plasticmasterbatch to be dissolved in the organic solvent so as to form aplastic solution; adding zinc into the plastic solution to mixtherewith; and placing the plastic solution with zinc into plasticgranulation equipment to make plastic particles with zinc finally.

Thereafter, the plastic particles having zinc are used to make manykinds of articles (e.g. textile products, containers and the like),obtaining the articles made from plastic solution having zinc, therebyallowing them to have antibacterial and bacteriostatic effects.

However, in conventional methods for combining zinc elements withplastics, the plastic solution is a thick and dense liquid after theplastic masterbatch is dissolved such that zinc elements may not bemixed uniformly with the plastic solution. In addition, zinc elements inconventional methods are ionized, which further causes zinc elements notto be able to be linked stably with the plastic solution. As a result,articles made from conventional plastic solution having zinc elements(e.g. textile products) are very easy to lose zinc elements graduallyafter water wash, which causes the antibacterial or bacteriostaticcapacity of the articles to be lowered or even lost. For example, afilter film having zinc can be reached more than standard 600 ppm perparticle in initial concentration, but it will be less than 600 ppm perparticle after scoured by water current for a long time.

Furthermore, Chinese Patent No. CN102205209B discloses “antibacterialpolymer ultra-filtration membrane and preparation method thereof”,having steps mainly preparing a film-forming polymer solution; addingantibacterial agent particles having a long-term sustained releasefunction formed by compounding an inorganic carrier (e.g. zeolite) andantibacterial agent (e.g. zinc ions) into the film-forming polymersolution, where the antimicrobial agent particles having a long-termsustained release function formed by compounding the inorganic carrierand antibacterial agent occupies 0.01 to 0.1% by weight based on theweight of the polymers in the film-forming polymer solution, where theparticle size of the antibacterial agent particle is 0.01-10 μm; andpreparing the antibacterial polymer ultra-filtration membrane throughthe non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) or thermally inducedphase separation process (TIPS) by means of dry-wet spinning or wetspinning The ultra-filtration membrane formed by the above method can beused for water filtration and purification, and has a long-termantibacterial effect; it can be widely used in drinking water treatment,home water purifier filter, and food and drug filtration andpurification.

However, in the above patent, antibacterial agents such as sliver,copper and zinc will be dissolved and ionized, and lost substantially ina water bath stage of phase change in the process of mixing theinorganic antibacterial agent using powder such as zeolite as a carrierin the film-forming solution, resulting in an inability to accuratelycontrol the proper equivalent of the antimicrobial agent contained inthe filter membrane; the inorganic bacterial agent using powder such aszeolite as a carrier, in the above patent, is added in a homogeneouscasting solution, and the powder will then be precipitated in theprocess of standing defoaming, which affects the homogeneity of thecasting solution, resulting in the lack of consistency in the equivalentof the antibacterial agent contained in the filter membrane. Meanwhile,it is difficult to ensure the dispersibility of fine powders; thephysical characteristics and filtration precision of the filter membranewill be changed, affecting the use efficiency thereof in the conditionof powder agglomeration.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To overcome the defects mentioned above, the present invention isproposed.

The present invention proposes a method for manufacturing a filtermembrane for inhibiting microorganisms, including the following steps:obtaining a nano-zinc precursor and dissolving it into water, adding atleast one reducing agent and at least one interfacial agent to the waterin which the nano-zinc precursor is dissolved, thereby reducing zincions of the nano-zinc precursor to zinc particles so as to form liquidhaving nano-zinc particles; respectively placing the liquid havingnano-zinc particles and a polymer material into plastic masterbatchprocess equipment, respectively processing the fluid having nano-zincparticles and the polymer material to be in a volatile state through theplastic masterbatch process equipment, performing air extraction andmixing by the plastic masterbatch process equipment, and adding at leastone grafting agent to perform a mixed graft link, allowing the nano-zincparticles and polymer material to be linked together stably so as toform a plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles; and making theplastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles into a filer membranehaving nano-zinc particles through film making equipment.

The present invention is characterized in that the nano-zinc precursoris first reduced to nano-zinc particles, which uses a reducing agent toreduce nano-zinc ions to the nano-zinc particles, and an interfacialagent is then used to be in combination with nano-zinc particles bymeans of chemical grafting, allowing the reduced nano-zinc particles notto be in combination with other particles (i.e. preventing secondaryagglomeration from being generated among the nano-zinc particles),thereby generating stable reduced nano-zinc particles; thereafter, aplastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles is formed by means of airextraction and mixing, which uses plastic masterbatch process equipmentto respectively process a liquid having nano-zinc particles and polymermaterial to be in a volatile state, and mix them in the process of airextraction, allowing the nano-zinc particles to be linked uniformly andstably with the polymer material so as to form a plastic masterbatchhaving nano-zinc particles; finally, the plastic masterbatch havingnano-zinc particles is made into a filter membrane having nano-zincparticles through film making equipment.

Therefore, the filter membrane having nano-zinc particles made from theplastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles can be used for thefiltration of liquid or gas; zinc particle being antibacterial allowsthe filter membrane having nano-zinc particles to be capable ofdecomposition of bacteria and inhibition of bacterial growth. Inaddition, nano-zinc particles being stably linked with polymer materialallows nano-zinc particles not to be easy to be lost gradually from thefilter membrane having nano-zinc particles due to solution, phase changeor water wash, capable of maintaining the antibacterial capacity of thefilter membrane effectively for a long time.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for making a filter membrane forinhibiting microorganisms of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a chemical formula of a nano-zinc being grafted onpolyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP);

FIG. 3 shows a chemical formula of a nano-zinc being grafted on sodiumdodecyl sulfate (SDS);

FIG. 4 shows a process of a zinc ion of a nano-zinc precursor beingreduced to a nano-zinc particle;

FIG. 5 shows a chemical formula of nano-zinc particle grafted on PVDFthrough maleic anhydride (grafting agent);

FIG. 6 shows a chemical formula of nano-zinc particle grafted on PESthrough maleic anhydride (grafting agent);

FIG. 7 shows a chemical formula of nano-zinc particle grafted on PANthrough maleic anhydride (grafting agent);

FIG. 8 shows a chemical formula of nano-zinc particle grafted on PVCthrough maleic anhydride (grafting agent);

FIG. 9 is a first test report of the method for manufacturing a filtermembrane for inhibiting microorganisms of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a second test report of the method for manufacturing a filtermembrane for inhibiting microorganisms of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a third test report of the method for manufacturing a filtermembrane for inhibiting microorganisms of the present invention; and

FIG. 12 is a fourth test report of the method for manufacturing a filtermembrane for inhibiting microorganisms of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIG. 1, a method for manufacturing a filter membrane forinhibiting microorganisms of the present invention includes thefollowing steps:

step 100: obtaining a nano-zinc precursor capable of being dissolved inwater, and dissolving the nano-zinc precursor into water, where thenano-zinc precursor may be zinc chloride, zinc gluconate, zinc acetate,zinc sulfate or zinc carbonate capable of being dissolved in water; forexample, zinc dioxide being dissolved in water: Zn²⁺(s)+2e⁻→Zn (aq)

step 110: adding at least one reducing agent and at least oneinterfacial agent into the water in which the nano-zinc precursor isdissolved, thereby reducing the zinc ions of the nano-zinc precursor tonano-zinc particles so as to form a liquid having nano-zinc particles;namely, reducing nano-zinc ions to nano-particles with the reducingagent, and then using the interfacial agent to be in combination withthe nano-zinc particles by means of chemical grafting, allowing thereduced nano-zinc particles not to be in combination with otherparticles (i.e. preventing secondary agglomeration from being generatedamong the nano-zinc particles), thereby forming the reduced stablenano-zinc particles, where the reducing agent may be one or more thanone selected from a group constituted by hydrazinecompounds, dextrose,sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid, sodium carboxymethyl celluiose(CMC), SO₂, NaBH₄, and the like.

The interfacial agent may be one or more than one selected from a groupconstituted by cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylmethacrylate, sodium hydrogen methylsulfonate (MSMA),Dibenzoyl-L-tartaric acid (DBTA), 3-aminopropyltrimethoxy-silane(APTMS), (3-Mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPTMS).

step 120: respectively placing the liquid having nano-zinc particles anda polymer material into plastic masterbatch process equipment by meansof melt grafting, respectively processing the liquid having nano-zincparticles and polymer material to be in a volatile state through theplastic masterbatch process equipment, performing air extraction andmixing with the plastic masterbatch process equipment, allowing thevolatilized liquid having nano-zinc particles and volatilized polymermaterial to be added with at least one grafting agent so as to carry outa mixed graft link in the process of air extraction, thereby forming aplastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles, where the polymermaterial may be plastics such as PET, PA6(NYLON), PP, PE, ABS, PC, PVDF,PS, PES, PVC, PAN, and the like.

step 130: making the plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles intoa filter membrane having nano-zinc particles through film makingequipment.

In the step 110, the interfacial agent grafting the nano-zinc particlesby means of chemical grafting in the process of nano-zinc particle beinglinked with the interfacial agent is a modification process, whichallows the nano-zinc particles not to be liked with other particles.Furthermore, the nano-zinc particles are then formed into a compositematerial after the nano-zinc particles interact with the interfacialagent through chemical grafting process. For example, after PVPinteracts with the nano-zinc particle after chemical grafting process,the chemical formula thereof is shown in FIG. 2, and after SDS interactswith the nano-zinc particles through chemical grafting process, thechemical formula thereof is shown in FIG. 3.

In the step 110, when CMC is selected for the interfacial agent, withCMC being dissolvable in water solution to cause it to be sticky andthick, allowing the nano-zinc particles to move more slowly in thesticky and thick water solution so that the chance of the collision andagglomeration thereof is reduced, thereby stabilizing them. In addition,the size distribution of the nano-zinc particles can be changed bychanging temperature and/or adjusting the concentration of the reducingagent, achieving the purpose of handling particle size.

In a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, the zinc ionsof the nano-zinc precursor being reduced to the nano-zinc particles inthe step 110 is specifically described. The zinc ions of Zn⁺²concentration ranged from 1×10⁻⁵ mole to 1×10⁻³ mole are placed in aglass bottle, deionized water (DI) is added in the bottle, and theconcentration of sodium dodecyl sulfatethe (SDS) is set to be rangedfrom 1 mM to 10000 mM, the concentration of cetyltrimethylammoniumbromide (CTAB) from 1 mM to 10000 mM, the concentration of sodiumcarboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from 1 to 20 wt %. Thereafter, a solutionin which a reducing agent Na₂S₂O₅ is ranged from 1 to 5 grams and astrong reducing agent NaBH₄ from 0.01 to 10M is added after stirreduniformly with a heating stirrer. In the process of stirring, thereducing agents are respectively added in. At this point, it should benoted that if the reducing agent has a high pH value, 0.1 to 40 μl ofconcentrated hydrochloric acid is needed to drop in; at this point, thepH value of the solution is adjusted to about 1 to 5, and the solutionis stirred continuously and placed into a hot water bath of temperatureranged from 50 to 90 degrees centigrade, and heated and stirred with amagnet electric heating stirrer, thereby reducing nano-zinc ions tonano-zinc particles, the process of which is shown in FIG. 4.

In a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, the zinc ionsof the nano-zinc precursor being reduced to the nano-zinc particles isfurther specifically described. A sonochemical method (i.e. the use ofultrasound to promote the reduction) is used; the nano-zinc precursor isplaced in a reaction bottle, and the reaction bottle is then placed in aultrasonic oven, using ultrasonic oscillation to generate reduced freeradicals to reduce metal ions so as to generate nano-zinc particles.Furthermore, metal salt aqueous solution is then placed in the reactionbottle, and the interfacial agent is added therein to stabilize thenano-zinc particles. Thereafter, the reaction bottle is placed in aultrasonic oscillator and oscillated thereby, and the reaction iscompleted after 8 to 15 minutes to obtain the nano-zinc particles; thereaction mechanism thereof is H₂O→—H+—OH (sonolysis)-OH(—H)+RH→—R(reducing species)+H₂O (H₂)RH→—R (reducing species)+-H(sonolysis)-R(reducing species)+Zn(M−1)+ +H+ +R+. The driving force ofthis reaction mechanism comes from air pockets generated from shockwaves, or .OH or .H formed between air pockets and the solution, and thereduction of carbon chain molecules generates .R free radicals; or RHbetween interfaces is oscillated to form .R free radicals, which haveredox reaction with metal ions to reduce the metal ions to metalnanoparticles of zero-valence.

In a third preferred embodiment of the present invention, the zinc ionsof the nano-zinc precursor being reduced to the nano-zinc particles isfurther specifically described. An electrochemical method is used; thiselectrochemical method is published by Reetz, M. T. and Helbig, W. inyear 1994, being used to generate metal nano-particles, the sizes ofwhich can be adjusted by controlling the current of electrolyticapparatus. Therefore, the present invention can use the electrochemicalmethod to reduce the zinc ions of the nano-zinc precursor to nano-zincparticles; the process thereof is shown as the following:

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In the step 120, the melt grafting is to place the liquid havingnano-zinc particles and a polymer material respectively in a plasticmasterbatch process equipment, which has twin screw extraction mechanismand at least six suction holes, where the twin screw extractionmechanism is in a vacuum state. The liquid having nano-zinc particlesand the polymer material are respectively placed in the plasticmasterbatch process equipment, where the liquid having nano-zincparticles and polymer material have a weight ratio ranged between 1:10and 1:1. Whereby, the liquid having nano-zinc particles and polymermaterial are respectively processed to be in a volatile state with theplastic masterbatch process equipment, allowing the volatilized liquidhaving nano-zinc particles and volatilized polymer material to be mixedand linked together through the twin screw extraction and six suctionholes in the process of air extraction. At this point, at least onegrafting agent is added therein to perform the mixed graft link, therebyforming a plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles, where theaddition amount of the grafting agent is between 0.1% and 5% by weightbased on the weight percent of the polymer material weight.

The grafting agent may be maleic anhydride (MAA), which has a molecularformula C₄H₂O₃ and chemical formula

The grafting agent may also be glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), which has amolecular formula C₇H₁₀O₃ and chemical formula

The grafting agent may also be acrylamide (AM), which has a molecularformula CH₂═CHCONH₂ and chemical formula

The grafting agent may also be acrylic acid (AAM), which has a molecularformula C₃H₄O₂ and chemical formula

In a preferred embodiment, the chemical formulae for the nano-zincparticles of the present invention grafted on PVDF, PES, PAN, and PVCare explained, where FIG. 5 shows a formula for the nano-zinc particleof the present invention being grafted on PVDF through maleic anhydride(MAA); FIG. 6 shows a formula for the nano-zinc particle of the presentinvention added being grafted on PES through maleic anhydride (MAA);FIG. 7 shows a formula for the nano-zinc particle of the presentinvention being grafted on PAN through maleic anhydride (MAA); and FIG.8 shows a formula for the nano-zinc particle of the present inventionbeing grafted on PVC through maleic anhydride (MAA).

Therefore, the present invention is featured in that a nano-zincprecursor is first reduced to obtain nano-zinc particles, nano-zinc ionsbeing reduced to nano-zinc particles with a reducing agent, aninterfacial agent is used to be linked with the nano-zinc particles bymeans of chemical grafting, allowing the reduced nano-zinc particles notto be in combination with other particles any more, preventing secondaryagglomeration from being generated among nano-zinc particles, therebyobtaining the stable reduced nano-zinc particles; thereafter, at leastone grafting agent is then added to perform a mixed graft link to form aplastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles by means of meltgrafting, which is to use plastic masterbatch process equipment torespectively process the liquid having nano-zinc particles and a polymermaterial to be in a volatile state, and mix them in the process of airextraction, allowing the nano-zinc particles to be linked with thepolymer material uniformly and stably to form a plastic masterbatchhaving nano-zinc particles; finally, the plastic masterbatch havingnano-zinc particles is made into a filter membrane having nano-zincparticles through film making equipment. Here, the filter membranehaving nano-zinc particles so made is a hollow fiber filter membrane, aplate filer membrane or other type of filter membrane.

It should be noted that using the melt grafting manner allows thenano-zinc particles to be linked with polymers without affecting themechanical properties of polymers, and even allows plastics to have verygood physical performance, for example, the improvement of ductility andtoughness. Therefore, the present invention can prevent the defectsgenerated from traditional manufacturing in which any type of organic orinorganic antibacterial agent is added in casting solution; the presentinvention has grafted nano-zinc particles on the polymer material beforefilm-forming, allowing the polymer material to be formed into ahomogeneous casting solution after dissolved in a film-forming solutionsuch as DMF, DMAC or NMP, preventing effectively the serious issue ofthe uneven dispersion or agglomeration of the antibacterial agent.Furthermore, the casting solution is allowed to reduce effectively thedissolution amount of zinc particles in the process of water bath forphase change, ensuring the zinc equivalent of the filter membraneproducts, and obtaining a concentration that inhibits microorganisms.For example, the filter membrane of the nano-zinc particles prepared bythe present invention can reach the standard of more than 600 ppm perunit particle.

Referring to FIG. 9, which shows a first test report, the test date isFeb. 9, 2015, and it can be known from the test result that a plasticmasterbatch made from the zinc containing plastic solvent of the presentinvention has zinc content per unit up to 12,700 ppm.

Referring to FIG. 10, which shows a second test report, the test date isApr. 27, 2015, and it can be known from the test result that a hollowsilk film made of the plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles ofthe present invention has the zinc content up to 851 ppm.

Referring to FIG. 11, which shows a third test report, the test date isSep. 30, 2015, and it can be known from the test result that a PS hollowsilk film made of the plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles ofthe present invention has zinc content up to 845 ppm.

Therefore, it can be known from the above three test reports that themethod for making a filter membrane still can have similar or closeresults even under the same construction method, the same formula,different time and different equipment condition, which proves that theplastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles of the present inventionis repeatable; it is undoubted that the present invention has thisadvantage.

Referring to FIG. 12, which shows a fourth test report, the test date isSep. 30, 2016; it can be known from the test result that the amount ofzinc elements washed from the plastic masterbatch having nano-zincparticles is only 3 ppm in the process of casting solution phasetransition water bath; the instrument can not detect if the washed zincelement is less than 2 ppm according to this test method. So, it can beconcluded form the test data that zinc elements are not easy to bewashed out from the plastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles ofthe present invention, and most of them are remained in fiber film silk;the detected washed-out zinc amount 3 ppm can be proved to be quite low.

The filter membrane having nano-zinc particles so made can be used forthe filtration of liquid or gas; zinc particle being antibacterialallows the filter membrane having nano-zinc particles to be capable ofdecomposition of bacteria and inhibition of bacterial growth. Inaddition, nano-zinc particles being stably linked with polymer materialallows nano-zinc particles not to be easy to be lost gradually from thefilter membrane having nano-zinc particles after water wash, capable ofmaintaining the antibacterial capacity of the filter membraneeffectively.

It is worth noting that the filter membrane having nano-zinc particlesof the present invention being capable of inhibiting bacterial growth isusing a constant 3.3 eV power gap carried by nano-zinc oxide to forcethe extracellular molecules of microbial bacteria or ammonia moleculesto break when the nano-zinc oxide is in contact with microbial bacteriaor ammonia molecules to cause, for example, mechanisms such as themetabolism, nutrition in the outer membrane of bacteria to be lost, andthus to promote cell death, thereby achieving the decomposition ofbacterial and inhibition of bacterial growth.

Furthermore, the power gap will cause water molecules H₂O in the air tobe free when the filter membrane having nano-zinc particles of thepresent invention is applied to the filtration of ammonia gas molecules;this kind of reaction needs H₂O to participate to form (—OH) radicals,which will react with NH₃ to take H away from it to form NH₂— gradually,and finally, N is further in combination with other N to form a stableN₂ molecule, the decomposition formula of the entire NH₃ is shown as thefollowing:

NH _((m-1))+—OH→NH _(m) ⁻+H2O

and finally, the free nitrogen atom will be in combination with anitrogen atom: N+N→N2 to form nitrogen gas.

I claim:
 1. A method for manufacturing a filter membrane for inhibitingmicroorganisms, comprising the following steps: (a) obtaining anano-zinc precursor, and dissolving said nano-zinc precursor into water;(b) adding at least one reducing agent and at least one interfacialagent in said water dissolved with said nano-zinc precursor, therebyreducing zinc ions of said nano-zinc precursor to nano-zinc particles soas to form a liquid having nano-zinc particles; (c) respectively placingsaid liquid having nano-zinc particles and a polymer material intoplastic masterbatch process equipment by means of melt grafting,respectively processing said liquid having nano-zinc particles and saidpolymer material to be in a volatile state with said plastic masterbatchprocess equipment, mixing and linking said volatilized liquid havingnano-zinc particles with said volatilized polymer material in theprocess of air extraction, and adding at least one grafting agent toperform a mixed graft link so as to form a plastic masterbatch havingnano-zinc particles; and (d) making said plastic masterbatch havingnano-zinc particles into a filter membrane having nano-zinc particlesthrough film making equipment.
 2. The method according to claim 1,wherein said nano-zinc precursor is zinc chloride, zinc gluconate, zincacetate, zinc sulfate or zinc carbonate.
 3. The method according toclaim 1, wherein said reducing agent is one or more than one selectedfrom a group constituted by hydrazinecompounds, dextrose, sodiumascorbate and ascorbic acid, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), SO₂and NaBH₄.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said interfacialagent is one or more than one selected from a group constituted by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS),polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate,MSMA, sodium hydrogen, methylsulfonate, dibenzoyl-L-tartaric acid(DBTA), 3-aminopropyltrimethoxy-silane (APTMS), and(3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPTMS).
 5. The method according toclaim 1, wherein said polymer material is PET, PA6, PP, PE, ABS, PC,PVDF, PS, PES, PVC or PAN.
 6. The method according to claim 1, whereinin said step (c) of respectively placing said liquid having nano-zincparticles, said melt grafting is to place said liquid having nano-zincparticles and a polymer material respectively in a plastic masterbatchprocess equipment having twin screw extraction mechanism and at leastsix suction holes, said twin screw extraction mechanism being in avacuum state; said liquid having nano-zinc particles and polymermaterial are respectively placed in said plastic masterbatch processequipment, said liquid having nano-zinc particles and polymer materialhaving a weight ratio ranged between 1:10 and 1:1; said liquid havingnano-zinc particles and polymer material are respectively processed tobe in a volatile state with said plastic masterbatch process equipment,allowing said volatilized liquid having nano-zinc particles andvolatilized polymer material to be mixed and linked together throughsaid twin screw extraction and six suction holes in the process of airextraction; and at this point, at least one grafting agent is addedtherein to perform mixing, grafting and linking, thereby forming aplastic masterbatch having nano-zinc particles.
 7. The method accordingto claim 1, wherein in said step (b) of adding at least one reducingagent, the manner of zinc ions of said nano-zinc precursor being reducedto said nano-zinc particles is to place zinc ions of Zn⁺² concentrationranged from 1×10⁻⁵ mole to 1×10⁻³ mole in a glass bottle, deionizedwater (DI) is added in said bottle, and the concentration of sodiumdodecyl sulfatethe (SDS) is set to be ranged from 1 mM to 10000 mM, theconcentration of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) from 1 mM to10000 mM, the concentration of sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from1 to 20 wt %; a solution in which a reducing agent Na₂S₂O₅ is rangedfrom 1 to 5 grams and a strong reducing agent NaBH₄ from 0.01 to 10M isadded after stirred uniformly with a heating stirrer; in the process ofstirring, said reducing agents are respectively added in; if saidreducing agent has a high pH value, 0.1 to 40 μl of concentratedhydrochloric acid is needed to drop in; at this point, the pH value ofsaid solution is adjusted to about 1 to 5, and said solution is stirredcontinuously and placed into a hot water bath of temperature ranged from50 to 90 degrees centigrade, and heated and stirred with a magnetelectric heating stirrer, thereby reducing nano-zinc ions to nano-zincparticles.
 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said step (b)of adding at least one reducing agent, the manner of zinc ions of saidnano-zinc precursor being reduced to the nano-zinc particles uses asonochemical method; said nano-zinc precursor is placed in a reactionbottle, and said reaction bottle is then placed in a ultrasonic oven,using ultrasonic oscillation to generate reduced free radicals to reducemetal ions so as to generate nano-zinc particles; metal salt aqueoussolution is then placed in said reaction bottle, and said interfacialagent is added therein to stabilize said nano-zinc particles; saidreaction bottle is placed in a ultrasonic oscillator and oscillatedthereby, and a reaction is completed after 8 to 15 minutes is completedto reduce nano-zinc ions to nano-zinc particle.
 9. The method accordingto claim 1, wherein in said step (b) of adding at least one reducingagent, said manner of zinc ions of said nano-zinc precursor beingreduced to said nano-zinc particles uses an electrochemical method; saidelectrochemical method is published by Reetz, M. T. and Helbig, W. inyear 1994, being used to generate metal nano-particles, the sizes ofsaid nano-particles can be adjusted by controlling the current ofelectrolytic apparatus; thereby reducing said zinc ions of saidnano-zinc precursor to said nano-zinc particles with saidelectrochemical method.
 10. The method according to claim 1, whereinsaid grafting agent is maleic anhydride, acetic anhydride, glycidylmethacrylate, acrylamide or acrylic acid.
 11. The method according toclaim 1, wherein said filter membrane having nano-zinc particles is ahollow fiber filter membrane, plate filer membrane or other type offilter membrane.